Make-Up Day

Tax season is SO close to being over and the guilt of being gone so much combined with a desperate desire to get out of town had me making a hotel reservation for this weekend. I mentioned something to Dustin on Thursday and he thought it was a great idea so we figured we'd surprise the kids with a trip to Wasserbahn in the Amana Colonies.

Oh man was that just what we needed!

We got there right at check in (4:00) and as soon as we found our room the kids stripped down and found their suits.

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I had to figure something out for dinner so Ella and I chilled in our room and ate Apple Jacks until Josh and Lauren were hungry enough to leave the waterpark long enough to eat.

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After dinner we all headed down for some fun!!

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We played WAY past bedtime and the only way we could get them out of there was promising them that as soon as they woke up we could come right back.

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They fought sleep hard but when they crashed...they crashed.

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Lauren woke up at 5 am and was adamant about going to the pool. Neither Dustin nor I had enough energy to argue with her so I gave her the remote to the tv and thankfully Tom & Jerry was on. She crashed five minutes later and everyone slept like angels until 8:00.

Once everyone was up we convinced them that breakfast was necessary for energy and then headed back to the water!

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Josh was our little water slide maniac!! Dustin went down the red one and ran up to me like a little kid with a HUGE smile on his face and laughing about what a serious drop was on that slide. Just as I was done listening to him go on and on about it I saw Josh coming off the red slide and running right back to the slide entrance. I didn't see him until twenty minutes later and he must have come down the slide fifteen times in that time.

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He is obviously his father's son.

This is Ella's "I've completely missed my nap but I'm having too much fun to sleep" look.

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Once I realized it was almost time to checkout we had to leave but had to get one last picture from our fun weekend in the water.

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You know that since I was 6.3 miles away from the outlet mall we had to head there for some quick shopping. And after that....it was lunch at the Ox Yoke Inn!! After some time in the Amanas it was time to head home.

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We will most DEFINITELY be doing this again...and more often.

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I drive a mini-van. I have a love/hate relationship with tax season. I adore anything kate spade. I am a mother to three children: Josh the second grader, Lauren the preschooler and Ella the toddler. This is my blog. I am Elizabeth Bricker.
 
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